"That’s my decision," Howard told reporters when asked about feeling a need to communicate with Williams to clear the air. "My life. If he’s upset because I made a decision for me, then so be it. If he doesn’t want to be friends because I’m on another team, then so be it. There’s no need to smooth things over."

"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."

More often than not do superstars get their way. Organizations either bend to the stars' will out of respect for what they did for their organization (Nash), or the star won't commit to an extension anywhere but where he wants to go.